Radxa ROCK 5B vs Radxa CM5 Lite

Benchmarks, specifications, and real-world performance data

Specification
Basic Specifications
Price$119*
RAM8GB8GB
SoC
Mali-G610 MP4
Rockchip NPU 3.0 (6 TOPS)
ArchitectureARMARM
CPU Cores
8 cores
4× Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
4× Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz
6 cores

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Detailed Reviews

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Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)

CPU Performance

Processor performance across single and multi-core workloads

Geekbench 6

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
849
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
875
Multi-Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,043
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
2,269

7-Zip Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Single-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3,113 MIPS
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
3,187 MIPS
Multi-Core Combined
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
16,486 MIPS
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
11,639 MIPS

High Performance Linpack

Higher Scores are Better

Performance
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
41.58 GFLOPS
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
25.34 GFLOPS
Performance/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2.17 GFLOPS/W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
2.19 GFLOPS/W

UnixBench

Higher Scores are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,376
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
1,100
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
6,340
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
3,646

PassMark CPU

Higher Scores are Better

CPU Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,911
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
2,091

CPU Mining (cpuminer-multi)

Higher Hashrates are Better

Single Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
3.7 kH/s
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
3.84 kH/s
Multi Core
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
21.76 kH/s
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
14.65 kH/s

Memory Performance

Memory bandwidth and throughput benchmarks

TinyMemBench

Higher Bandwidth is Better

memcpy
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
11,944.4 MB/s
memset
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
28,254.3 MB/s

PassMark RAM

Higher Scores are Better

RAM Score
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
1,402
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
1,405

AI & LLM Performance

Large Language Model inference performance

Ollama LLM Benchmark

Higher Scores are Better

Tokens/sec
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.21 tok/s
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
10.08 tok/s
Tokens/Watt
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
0.02 tok/W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
1.09 tok/W
Tokens/Dollar
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
0.08 tok/$

Storage Performance

Disk I/O throughput measured with FIO

fio Storage Performance - microSD

Higher Speeds are Better • Raspberry Pi 64GB (64GB microSD)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
8.4 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
10.3 MB/s

fio Storage Performance - eMMC

Higher Speeds are Better • Radxa CM5 Lite (64GB eMMC)

4K Random Read
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
100.7 MB/s
4K Random Write
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
No Data
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
18.4 MB/s

Network Performance

Ethernet and WiFi throughput measured with iPerf3

iPerf3 Network Performance

Higher Speeds are Better

Ethernet Up
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,352 Mbps
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
942 Mbps
Ethernet Down
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
2,358 Mbps
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
941 Mbps

Power & Thermal

Power consumption at idle and under various workloads

Power Consumption

Lower is "Better"

Idle Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
4.5W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
2.4W
Load Power
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
9.5W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
6.7W
Ollama Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
14.7W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
9.3W
Linpack Max
Radxa ROCK 5B (8GB)
19.2W
Radxa CM5 Lite (8GB)
11.4W

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